Terms Of Multicultural Education Research Articles

Examining Social Studies Prospective Teachers' Active Citizenship Self-Efficacies within The Scope of Levels of Empathy and Acceptance of Differences

As is known, social studies course is taught from 4th grade to the end of 7th grade within the scope of basic education. Social studies course, focused mainly on raising active citizenship, is given (lectured) by teachers who received training on this field. This study was carried out to reveal social studies prospective teachers’ active citizenship self-efficacies within the scope of levels of empathy and acceptance of differences. For this, scales of active citizenship self-efficacies, of empathy level and acceptance of differences were applied to 378 in total of prospective teachers who are studying at faculty of education at two state universities. Data obtained of scales were analysed using SPSS package software. Relationship of the applied scales with faculty, class, rural-urban origin was examined. Independent t test for unrelated two samples, and one-way analysis of variance for unrelated k-sample were carried out, and multiple regression analysis was performed to reveal predicting situation/state of level of active citizenship self-efficacies by level of empathy and acceptance of differences. As result of the analysis, it was found that prospective teachers’ active citizenship self-efficacies and level of empathy were high; that of acceptance of differences was very high. According to this, empathy and acceptance of differences explain the situation/state of active citizenship self-efficacies by 24%. In terms of multicultural education, empathy and acceptance of differences are effective in raising active citizens. active citizenship requires not only participation in politics, but also high acceptance and empathy for different segments of society.

ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ НАВЧАННЯ НЕРІДНОЇ МОВИ В ПОЛІКУЛЬТУРНИХ ГРУПАХ СТУДЕНТІВ

У статті аналізується питання ефективності засвоєння іноземної мови в умовах полікультурного навчання. Вперше багатокультурна за складом група розглядається в якості моделі реального мовного середовища. Встановлено доцільність впровадження різних видів пізнавальної та розвивальної діяльності, що допомагають суб’єктам навчання зрозуміти особливості різних культур. Автором запропонована програма розвитку полікультурної компетенції особистості в ході оволодіння навиками іноземної мови. Описано характер впливу розроблених методичних прийомів на покращення засвоєння іноземної мови. Зокрема за результатами цільових спостережень та анкетування виявлені зміни у рівні зацікавленості студентів до вивчення даної навчальної дисципліни. Заняття, організовані в рамках формувального експерименту, виявились більш ефективними. Звертається увага на певні відмінності між представниками різних країн. &nbsp

Teachers’ perceptions of multicultural education: a study of middle and high school social studies teachers in Jordan

Jordanian social studies teachers’ viewpoints on teaching multicultural education in social studies classes need further exploration to understand and explain the existing phenomena and eventually to find a solution. It should be pointed out that most research studies conducted on multicultural education in Jordanian social studies classrooms focused on textbook content analysis. None have focused specifically on multicultural education in social studies at the secondary school level, particularly on secondary and middle school instructors’ teaching strategies. The researcher interviewed 15 Jordanian middle and high school social studies teachers about their perceptions of teaching multicultural education. Two groups of (middle school) and (high school) teachers were selected using “purposive” sampling. The data was analyzed qualitatively including the translations of the interviews, the Ministry of Education’s teaching guidelines, and textbook teacher manuals. The study's results indicated that Jordanian social studies teachers are not very familiar with the definition and teaching strategies of multicultural education. The Jordanian Ministry of Education does not require teachers to teach multicultural education. In addition, teachers’ guidelines from the Ministry of Education textbooks focused largely on content with only minor references to teaching multicultural education. The current study concluded that the current Jordanian social studies curriculum is deficient in terms of multicultural education. In addition, Ministry of Education guidelines related to teaching social studies at the middle and high level revealed little discussion of multicultural education and do not suggest strategies to aid the teachers in the instructional process.

The examination of courses in the teacher education programs in terms of multicultural education

Purpose – The aim of this study is to examine the pedagogy courses of teacher education programs implemented in two universities in Turkey and the USA in terms of multicultural education. The teaching practices in the pedagogy courses of teacher education programs in the USA might have multicultural education principles, and they could be models for teacher educators in Turkey. In addition, this study can contribute to the cross-cultural studies on teacher education between the USA and Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Ten teacher educators participated in the study; all of them had experience in teaching pedagogy courses in the early childhood teacher education program. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The open-ended questions were related to objectives, content, teaching methods and activities. Assessment procedures and methods were also asked from the participants to evaluate their teaching experiences in terms of multicultural education. Thematic analysis was used to examine data of the study. Findings – The results of the study revealed that there were differences between the objectives, content, teaching process and assessment methods of the courses in the teacher education programs in Turkey and the USA in terms of multicultural education. The results of this study revealed that the objectives, content, teaching process and assessment methods planned and implemented by teacher educators in the USA are more multicultural and multiethnic when compared with their counterparts in Turkey. Originality/value – This study can contribute to the cross-cultural studies on teacher education between the USA and Turkey.

Beyond the Margins: Evaluating the Support for Multicultural Education Within Teachers' Editions of U.S. History Textbooks

Although previous research has described analysis of history textbooks in terms of multicultural education, limited attention has been given to teacher only resources, such as the “wraparound features” of teachers' editions. The study highlighted in this article applies critical discourse analysis to explore the potential for teachers' editions to support multicultural education. Teachers' editions of five U.S. history textbooks demonstrate the tendency for textbook authors to position Native peoples as invisible, as the savage Other, and as actors of the past. Additionally, teachers' editions privilege White settler and economically-motivated narratives, which suggests that conflict between Native peoples and settlers was a matter of destiny. Less frequently, wraparound features encourage critical thinking about dominant culture narratives and actors. The results demonstrate that today's teachers' editions frequently marginalize Indigenous peoples, experiences, and histories both spatially and literally through uncritical acceptance of the dominant culture narrative (i.e., “business as usual”) or assimilationist orientations (i.e., “teaching the culturally different” or “human relations”). The article concludes with implications for scholarly practice and classroom pedagogy.

Analysis of Content Elementary Integration Textbook in terms of Multicultural Education : with 2009 revised curriculum as the central figure

Analysis of Content Elementary Integration Textbook in terms of Multicultural Education : with 2009 revised curriculum as the central figure

'다문화교육'에 대한 유치원교사의 개념도 분석

The purpose of this research was to analyze the concept map of kindergarten teachers concerning their levels of contents knowledge and their overall level of competency in terms of multi-cultural education. The participants were 104 teachers from 11 kindergartens in Busan. Data were analyzed by Sim`s (2008) method based on Novak & Gowin (1984) and Morine-Dershimer (1993). The results were as follows. First, a majority of participants made a limited concept map and used 22 representative categories regarding multi-cultural education and the category of `various nations` was the most popular superordinate concept. Second, the level of knowledge in terms of the maps were generally low in so far as most of maps reached hierarchy 1. The results of the research suggested that kindergarten teachers were lacking in basic knowledge of multi-cultual education and therefore there is a real need for both conceptualization and teacher training for multi-cultual education, reviewing of current `teachers`, `manuals`, and follow-up research aimed at analyzing teacher`s multi-cultual education competence.